View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tesla explain a vision he saw of his mother as she was dying?
(a) It was like a painting he had seen.
(b) He had heard a song she sung.
(c) He had read a letter from her earlier that day.
(d) She came to him in spirit.

2. What did Tesla say would end all wars?
(a) A global economy.
(b) A close of international travel.
(c) A united front.
(d) A removal of the root cause.

3. What question was Tesla often asked?
(a) Where do your ideas come from?
(b) How did you find success?
(c) Why do you not have a family?
(d) Which invention is the most important?

4. What does Tesla say was not easily identified in his inventions?
(a) Their dangers.
(b) Their importance.
(c) Their use.
(d) Their utility.

5. What did Tesla say most people did not observe closely enough?
(a) Their origins.
(b) Their futures.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) Their physical nature.

6. What did Tesla predict for the future at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) His invention would die with him.
(b) He would back his own project.
(c) He would be heralded as a great man.
(d) His invention would one day be used.

7. What kind of machine did Tesla plan to one day make without a rotor?
(a) A flying machine.
(b) A communication machine.
(c) A weather predicting machine.
(d) A farming machine.

8. What did Tesla think his humanoid machine could come to have?
(a) Reactions.
(b) Judgement.
(c) Progeny.
(d) Apathy.

9. Where did Tesla go after finishing his first transmitter?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

10. How big did Tesla say the field from his transmitter could be?
(a) Up to one mile.
(b) Up to one thousand feet.
(c) National.
(d) Global.

11. What was never completed for Tesla's transmitter?
(a) The dual transmitter.
(b) The tower.
(c) The power voltage units.
(d) The batteries.

12. What did Edison call his offer to Tesla?
(a) An impossible feat.
(b) A practical joke.
(c) A ridiculous mistake.
(d) A warranted fee.

13. Who tried to find support for Tesla while he was in Germany?
(a) The mayor.
(b) A businessman.
(c) A banker.
(d) Henry Ford.

14. What was Tesla's first company called?
(a) The Tesla Motors Corporation.
(b) The Tesla Electric Company.
(c) The Tesla Machine Company.
(d) The Tesla Light Installators.

15. Why did Tesla quit working for Edison?
(a) There was a dispute over pay.
(b) Edison refused to see Tesla's induction motor idea.
(c) Edison insulted Tesla.
(d) Tesla insulted him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was new about Tesla's remote controlled device?

2. Who told Tesla to go where he ended up launching his great invention?

3. What form was this book originally written in?

4. What did Tesla do every day in Paris before going to work?

5. Which of Tesla's inventions was first given support?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 469 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample